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To sum the results of our argument: All things and events are
foreshown and brought into being by causes; but the causation is
of two Kinds; there are results originating from the Soul and
results due to other causes, those of the environment.
In the action of our Souls all that is done of their own motion
in the light of sound reason is the Soul's work, while what is
done where they are hindered from their own action is not so much
done as suffered. Unwisdom, then, is not due to the Soul, and, in
general- if we mean by Fate a compulsion outside ourselves- an
act is fated when it is contrary to wisdom.
But all our best is of our own doing: such is our nature as long
as we remain detached. The wise and good do perform acts; their
right action is the expression of their own power: in the others
it comes in the breathing spaces when the passions are in
abeyance; but it is not that they draw this occasional wisdom
from outside themselves; simply, they are for the time being
unhindered.
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